WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republican lawmakers held a press conference detailing evidence uncovered during the committee's investigation into the Biden family's influence peddling schemes. During his remarks, Chairman Comer pointed to financial records tracing at least $10 million fro  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Campus Free Speech Restoration Act, a bill that protects the First Amendment rights of students at public universities from unconstitutional speech codes and so-called free speech zones. The legislation also requires private colleges and universities to honestly disclose their policies on free expression and obligates private institutions to  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing titled "ESG Part I: An Examination of Environmental, Social, and Governance Practices with Attorneys General." At the hearing, members examined the concerns of state attorneys general (AGs) related to the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors by asset ma  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: The Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Subcommittee held a hearing titled "Risky Business: Costly Inaction on Federal Legacy IT." At the hearing, members examined how legacy federal IT systems create security and operational risks and are costly to maintain over time. Subcommittee members asked witnesses about risks t  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy, issued the following news release: The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy, led by Chairman Andy Barr (KY-06), is holding a hearing entitled "Federal Responses to Recent Bank Failures." Read Chairman Barr's opening remarks as prepared for delivery: "Thank you to our witnesses for appearing before   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today released a bank records memorandum detailing new information obtained in the committee's investigation into the Biden family's influence peddling and business schemes. The Oversight Committee has obtained thousands of pages of financial records reveal  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statements on the FBI failing to comply with Chairman Comer's subpoena seeking an unclassfied FBI generated FD-1023 form that allegedly details a bribery scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national.  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled "ESG Part I: An Examination of Environmental, Social, and Governance Practices with Attorneys General." In his opening statement, Chairman Comer emphasized that asset managers and activist shareholders are partne  more